Richard Petty Motorsports wants Chrysler to pay its debt owed

Richard Petty Motorsports, a NASCAR racing team born from the merger of Petty Enterprises and Gordon/Evernham Motorsports, said automaker Chrysler left it holding the bag when the automaker filed for bankruptcy earlier this year.

The team, which uses Dodge Chargers in competition, is working out a deal with the ailing automaker which lets Chrysler pay back the debt it owes, ESPN reports.

When the automaker filed for bankruptcy, it halted a cash flow to RPM, which led to layoffs of nine workers.

"Yeah, we'll get some money from them,'' said team co-owner Richard Petty. "Right now we're in the process of figuring out exactly what they can do to get back to us to see what we can do.''